Croatia

Law on the implementation of the Statute of the International Criminal Court and the prosecution of criminal offences against international law of war and humanitarian law

I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
THE AUTHORITY COMPETENT FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF COOPERATION AND ENSURING OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECISION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT DECISION
Article 3
(1) Unless otherwise provided in this Law, the Government of the Republic of Croatia (hereinafter: the Government) shall coordinate and perform the cooperation and ensure the implementation of the decisions of the International Criminal Court.
(2) If according to the Constitution and the law on performance of certain affairs an exclusive competence of certain state authority exists or if it is obvious that another state authority will be more expeditious in dealing with a specific request for co-operation, the request for cooperation, i.e. decision of the International Criminal Court to be implemented shall be forwarded by the Government to that authority for further procedure.
(3) The competent state authorities shall deal with matters concerning co-operation and implementation of the decisions of the International Criminal Court expeditiously and without delay and report thereon to the Government. The request of the International Criminal Court for the performance of certain co-operation may be rejected only for the reasons referred to in the Statute (Article 93 paragraph 3, Article 94 paragraph 4 and Article 98 paragraph 1 of the Statute).
(4) Through an ordinance the Government can establish bodies in charge of co-operation and implementation of the decisions within their competence, or it can take certain actions to this effect through the State Attorney’s Office.
(5) The actual and local jurisdiction of courts and other state authorities in matters concerning co-operation and implementation of the decisions of the International Criminal Court shall be defined according to the rules applicable for determination of jurisdiction in criminal proceedings or in another procedure dealing with a case in question, unless otherwise provided by this Law.

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Competent national authority



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